Senior Manager, Operations Finance

Job title: Senior Manager, Operations Finance

About the Role The Senior Manager of Operations Finance will lead the Operations Finance team in financial planning, analysis, reporting, business partnering, and performance management to enable strategic decision making across the ops network. This role requires strong expertise in operations and corporate finance, accounting principles, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and strategic financial decision support. The incumbent will partner with Operations, Finance, and cross-functional leaders to translate business drivers into insights and drive financial discipline and process improvements.

What You'll Do

• Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities for Operations Finance.
• Oversee monthly and quarterly financial reporting, including variance analysis, trend analysis, executive-level commentary, and business performance insights.
• Serve as a strategic finance partner to Operations stakeholders, translating business drivers, cost trends, risks, and opportunities into actionable financial recommendations.
• Manage expense planning, cost center analysis, headcount tracking, capital planning, and other key operational finance activities.
• Analyze actual results versus budget, forecast, and prior periods, identifying key variances, explaining business drivers, and recommending corrective actions where appropriate.
• Lead the preparation of management presentations, financial summaries, business reviews, and executive decision-support materials.
• Oversee month-end and quarter-end close activities, including accrual review, journal entry support, account reconciliations, and financial validation.
• Ensure financial discipline and compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, and corporate finance requirements.
• Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, and other business partners to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Identify, lead, and implement opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting consistency, forecast accuracy, and overall finance effectiveness.
• Lead ad hoc financial analysis, scenario modeling, investment evaluation, and business case development for operational initiatives.
• Leverage financial systems and reporting tools, such as SAP, Hyperion, Anaplan, Excel, Smartsheet, S/4HANA, and other standard finance platforms, to drive accurate analysis and reporting.

What We're Looking For

• Strong expertise in Operations & Corporate finance, accounting principles, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and strategic financial decision support.
• Experience partnering with Operations stakeholders and cross-functional leaders to translate business drivers, cost trends, risks, and opportunities into actionable financial recommendations.
• Ability to manage expense planning, cost center analysis, headcount tracking, capital planning, and other operational finance activities.
• Experience with month-end and quarter-end close processes, including accrual review, journal entry support, reconciliations, and financial validation.
• Collaboration skills across Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, and other partners to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Proficiency with financial systems such as SAP, Hyperion, Anaplan, Excel, Smartsheet, S/4HANA (and related tools) to drive analysis and reporting.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.